CATSKILL RIVERS: BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN FLY FISHING
Written by Austin M. Francis
Illustrated by John Manikowski
Published by Winchester Press
in 1983
ISBN: 0832902829
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- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FLY FISHING
- AMERICA
CATSKILL RIVERS: BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN FLY FISHING
Written by Austin M. Francis.
Illustrated by John Manikowski.
Stock no. 1329522
1st.
1983.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A kaleidoscopid, poignant journey through the annals of American angling, from its origins to the present, laced with anecdotes and stories, graced with over 110 b/w photographs and nine beautifully illustrated river maps. Large format. Beige cloth spine with gilt title, beige boards. 258 pages including index. ISBN: 0832902829. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Very pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit grubby and creased at spine.
Front cover
Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE
- Catskill Angling Heritage
- 1 The Catskill Angling Mystique
- 2 Early River Industries
- 3 Birthplace of American Fly Fishing
- 4 The Catskill Professionals
- 5 Women Anglers of the Catskills
- 6 Managing the Fishing
- PART TWO
- Portraits of the Rivers
- 7 Catskill Rivers
- 8 Beaverkill River
- 9 Willowemoc Creek
- 10 Neversink River
- 11 Esopus Creek
- 12 Schoharie Creek
- 13 Delaware River
- 14 Catskill Rivers Today
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- IMPORTANT DATES IN CATSKILL ANGLING
- INDEX